Casey Wylie

Casey Wylie has extensive experience in software engineering and development, with a focus on cloud-native technologies and Kubernetes. They have worked in various roles and companies, including Defense Unicorns, Red Hat, solo.io, Integrify, 6fusion, Minka Inc., gomedisys, and GMT Empresas Colombia.

At Defense Unicorns, Casey worked as a Staff Software Engineer, where they developed features and fixed bugs in a Golang-based app in the DevSecOps space. They collaborated cross-functionally, utilized Go concurrency patterns, and implemented Mutating Admission Webhook and gRPC plugins. They also conducted thorough testing, participated in code reviews, and researched new technologies.

At Red Hat, Casey held multiple roles, including Principal Software Engineer in Data on Kubernetes, where they wrote command line tooling and designed Data Migration Applications. They also served as a Kubernetes Platform Architect and Principal Software Engineer in Ecosystem Engineering.

At solo.io, Casey worked as an Engineer, and at Integrify, they served as a Senior Product Developer, focusing on Kubernetes deployment and AWS Lambda functions. They also worked on writing services that interacted with streams, caches, and persistent storage.

In addition, Casey has experience in building cloud applications, writing front-end applications, and extracting consumption metrics in ReactJS. They are proficient in various programming languages and frameworks, including Go, TypeScript, Docker, and ReactJS. They also have expertise in DevOps, testing, and concurrency patterns.

Casey Wylie's education history includes studying Computer Science at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. They obtained various certifications, including CKS: Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist from The Linux Foundation in September 2022, CKA: Certified Kubernetes Administrator from The Linux Foundation in February 2022, CKAD: Certified Kubernetes Application Developer from The Linux Foundation in December 2021, Essentials for Istio from solo.io in July 2021, and Foundation for Istio by Solo.io in June 2021. They also have certifications in GitOps Fundamentals and Gitops at Scale from Codefresh, although the specific dates of obtaining these certifications are not provided.